Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Ezekiel 39:28)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 39:28:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then my people will know that I am their God because although I caused them to be driven to another country, I am now gathering (them) to return to their own land without leaving even one person in that place.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then my people will-know that I am the LORD their God. For even-though I caused- them -to-be-taken-captive by the other nations, I also returned them all to their land that not even one was left-behind.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “And the Israeli people will know that I, Yahweh their Lord, have the power to do what I say that I will do. They will know that because even though I forced them to go to other countries, I will gather them together in their own country. I will not leave any of them in those countries.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 39:29)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 39:29:

  • Kupsabiny: “Never again will I turn my back because I will give my Spirit in/to this stomach of Israel. The one who has spoken is me the God of power.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I will- never -leave them anymore for I will-send my Spirit to them. I, the LORD, (am) the-(one) saying this.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I will no longer turn away from them; I will pour out my Spirit on the Israeli people. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 40:1)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 40:1:

  • Kupsabiny: “It was on the tenth day of the month, in the twenty-fifth year of us being strangers in another country, and it was the fourteenth year after Jerusalem was destroyed. Then the power of God came on/to me.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “On the tenth day of the first month, on the 25th year of our captivity — 14th year from when Jerusalem was destroyed — I was empowered by the LORD and was-showm a vision. And in that vision, he brought me to the high mountain in Israel. When I look-at in the south side, I saw buildings seemed to be a city.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Almost 25 years after we had been takento Babylonia, on the tenth day of the first month of that year, almost 14years after Jerusalem had been destroyed, in a vision I felt the power of Yahweh on me, and he took me to Israel.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 40:2)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 40:2:

  • Kupsabiny: “God brought me in a vision to the land of Israel and put me on top of a mountain. There were houses on the North side of that mountain that appeared as if it was a city.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “On the tenth day of the first month, on the 25th year of our captivity — 14th year from when Jerusalem was destroyed — I was empowered by the LORD and was-showm a vision. And in that vision, he brought me to the high mountain in Israel. When I look-at in the south side, I saw buildings seemed to be a city.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “He set me on a very high mountain. On the south side of that mountain there were some buildings that appeared to be part of a city.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 40:3)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 40:3:

  • Kupsabiny: “He brought me up to that place and I saw a person/man whose appearance/face was like bronze. That man was standing by the gate holding a rope/string and a piece of wood for measuring with.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The LORD brought me there and I saw a man whose appearance seemed-like a shining bronze. He was-standing at the gate holding two things-to-measure: one is a linen rope and one is wood.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “When he took there, I saw a man whose face was like bronze. He was standing in the entrance of a building. He had a linen cord and a measuring stick in his hand.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 40:4)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 40:4:

  • Kupsabiny: “The man said to me, ‘Ezekiel, see the things that I am showing you and listen to the words that I am telling you because that is what made you to be brought here. Tell the stomach of Israel everything you see.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The man said to me, ‘Man, you listen, and look carefully everything that I will-show you for this is the reason why you were-brought here. Then tell to the people of Israel everything that you see.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “He said to me, ‘You human, look carefully at everything that I am going to show you, and pay attention to everything that I say and everything that I will show you, because that is why you have been brought here. And then later you must tell the Israeli people everything that you have seen here.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 40:5)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 40:5:

  • Kupsabiny: “I saw a wall that surrounded the courtyard of the House of God. That thing used for measuring had a length of the and a half feet. Then, he used that thing to see how large the wall was. That wall had a height of ten and a half feet and a width of ten and a half feet.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I saw the temple that was-surrounded with/by a stone-wall. The man took his wood thing-to-measure, which the length of it was ten feet according to the official measuring-thing, and he measured the stone-wall. Ten feet was its height and thickness.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “In the vision I saw that there was a wall that completely surrounded the temple area. The measuring stick in the man’s hand was 10-1/2 feet/3.3 meters long. He measured the wall: It was 10-1/2 feet/3.3 meters thick and 10-1/2 feet/3.3 meters high.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 40:6)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 40:6:

  • Kupsabiny: “After that, he went towards the gate at the East end. He stood where it was raised where he went inside and measured that place at the gate with that thing. He saw that it was ten and a half feet going inside.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then the man went to the way of the temple facing east. He climbed the steps and he measured the place-of-arrival of the way, and it was ten feet long.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then he went to the entryway on the east side of the temple. He climbed the steps and measured the outer threshold/opening for the entryway: It was 10-1/2 feet/3.3 meters deep.” (Source: Translation for Translators)